Online Manual Handling Training Course

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require employers to ensure that all employees are trained and competent
in manual handling.

Manual handling accidents account for more than a third of all accidents reported each year to the enforcing authorities.
It is estimated that in excess of 500,000 people in Great Britain suffer from a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) mainly affecting
the upper limbs or neck that was caused, or made worse, by their current or past work.

This Manual Handling Training Course provides the necessary information and training for organisations to understand more
about the risks associated with manual handling, how to undergo a risk assessment and how to ensure appropriate control
measures are put in place.

Ensures compliance with UK Health and Safety legislation

Matches the CIEH Level 2 Syllabus

Developed by health and safety professionals

Accredited by CPD

Fully online course and assessment with no time limits

Full audio voiceover

Approximate duration: 1-2 hours

On completion, certificate is posted the next working day

Who Should Take This Manual Handling Training Course?

The manual handling course is aimed at all levels of employees who may undertake manual handling operations, including the
transporting of a load of items by lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof by hand or by bodily
force. This includes, but is not limited to, professions such as:

Warehouse and factory staff

Heavy manual labourers

Unloading and loading of vehicles

Construction and building site workers

Office workers

Delivery drivers

Farmhands

Do You Comply With The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992?

The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require employers to ensure that all employees are trained and competent
in manual handling. It is the employer’s duty to avoid manual handling as far as is reasonably practicable and, if this
cannot be done, the employer must take steps to reduce the risk of injury.

Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and regulations 10 and 13 of the Management of Health and Safety at
Work Regulations 1999 require employers to provide their employees with health and safety information and training. This
should be supplemented as necessary with more specific information and training on manual handling injury risks and prevention,
as part of the steps to reduce risk required by the regulations.

This Manual Handling Training Course ensures employers comply with these Regulations by providing appropriate knowledge
of the risks and safety measures associated with manual handling tasks.

Certification

On successful completion of the course you will be sent a quality assured certificate through the post the next working
day. This can be used to provide evidence for compliance and audit.

All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming
to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

This certificate does not have an expiry date. However, based on industry best practice guidelines, the recommended renewal period for this training is 1 year. We will print this recommended renewal date on your certificate.

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Content

The course is divided into five accessible, interactive modules and also includes
an assessment at the end:

Identifying the Risks – types of injury, occupations most at risk, the musculoskeletal system, the mechanics of movement and factors that increase the risk of harm.

Risk Assessments – what is a risk assessment?, identifying hazards, deciding who may be harmed, evaluating risks, recording findings and reviewing and updating.

Reducing and Controlling the Risks – preparing a manual handling operation, hierarchy of control measures, individual capacity, can manual handling be avoided?, reducing the risk of harm, mechanical aids, changing the task, load and environment, personal protective equipment and reducing the risks from team handling.

Aims of the Manual Handling Training

Be able to define manual handling and explain the common causes of injury.

Understand the legal responsibilities and the duties placed on employers and employees.

Be able to recognise manual handling hazards.

Understand the types of injury that can be caused by poor manual handling practice.

Be able to undertake an effective manual handling risk assessment.

Understand the control measures that can be put in place to reduce the risk of harm.

Understand and practise the best way to handle loads to maintain a safe working environment.

Assessment

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will
be asked 15 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The
answers are marked automatically so that you’ll instantly know whether you passed.
If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with
no extra charge.

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